The creator assassin’s CreedPatrice Desilets, who is no longer working on the series, is not a big fan of where the franchise is in 2021, noting that it is a “shame” that more modern games have moved further and further away from stealth roots of the series in favor of a hack-and-slash, open-world RPG structure, which, as you would expect, is quite fashionable right now. Although he reveals that he is not a fan of the place where Ubisoft took his creation, Desilets notices that he understands why it happened.
Speaking of which, Desilets points out what many of us already know about the AAA space: no one takes risks. Why doesn’t anyone risk it? Because of the money involved. The more money involved in developing a game, the less likely those who will make games will give the green light to developers to take risks. And, although he is unhappy, it is understandable.
That being said, injecting some perspective on this observation, Desilets also reveals that social stealth, for which the first games are famous, is very difficult to achieve and becomes more and more difficult as game development progresses, which It may sound counter-intuitive, but it makes sense when the creator assassin’s Creed breaks it down.
“Because it’s hard,” Desilets said when asked by PC Gamer why the series went from proper social stealth to stealth in general. “It’s hard to make you believe in him. It’s hard to play a lot and make sure the players get hidden. AAA is a lot about accuracy, in character models and crowd play.
“But I still find it interesting. It was unique and different and it wasn’t easy to do. But maybe it was abandoned for something more fashionable. You said AAA and AAA, it’s money, man. It costs a lot to do, so you have to make sure that a lot of people will appreciate it, so I think people say, “We’ll just hack and slash, and the NPCs will be there, but they won’t be the main part,” which is a shame. I had something. “
After Valhalla, Odyssey, and origins – all of which have almost no DNA of the oldest assassin’s Creed games – many players have called Ubisoft for the direction the series is taking and are demanding a game more similar to the first few in the franchise. However, all three of these modern versions sold very well, so it is unlikely to make any changes to what it did.